Table 2.

Parameters and their categories

Sr. No.	Parameter	Category	Criteria	State codes	No. of states
1	Size of population (2020)	Small	< 10 Million	LA, AN, DN, SK, CH, MZ, PY, AR, GA, NL, MN, ML, TR, HP	14
		Medium	10–50 Million	UT, JK, DL, HR, CT, PB, AS, KL, TG, JH, OR	11
		Large	> 50 Million	AP, GJ, KA, TN, RJ, MP, WB, MH, BR, UP	10
2	PCNSDP at current price (2018–19)	Low	< National average	DN, LA, BR, UP, JH, MN, AS, ML, MP, JK, CT, OR, WB, RJ, TR, NL	16
		High	> National average	AR, MZ, AP, PB, AN, HP, MH, TN, GJ, UT, KL, TG, KA, PY, HR, CH, DL, SK, GA	19
3	Level of urbanisation(2018)	Low	< National average	HP, BR, AS, OR, ML, UP, AR, CT, JH, RJ, SK, JK, TR, MP, NL, AP, MN, UT	18
		High	> National average	WB, HR, PB, AN, KA, TG, GJ, MH, KL, TN, MZ, DN, GA, PY, LA, CH, DL	17
4	Density of population (2018)	Low	< National average	LA, AR, AN, MZ, SK, NL, MN, HP, ML, CT, UT, RJ, MP, OR, JK, AP, GJ, TG, KA, TR, MH	21
		High	> National average	GA, AS, JH, PB, TN, HR, UP, KL, DN, WB, BR, PY, CH, DL	14